Doctor self stething

Maybe my question is stupid. Can a doctor stething himself diagnose a heart anomaly? Some time ago a female doctor friend of mine told me that she auscultated herself and kept her miltral murmur under control.

I suppose it is possible, but there's an often mangled bit of wisdom that goes something like, "A doctor that treats themself has a fool for a patient."

What you say is very right! The doctor who examines himself may not be objective

Not objective, but i think she or he absolute can listening on themself, and get a good observation. But maybe they dont should give them self a treatment. But the knowledge they need, is of course there.

When my friends and I were in our Physical Diagnosis class in Medical School, we spent hours listening to ourselves through stethoscopes -- at least I know I and many of my friends did. It's actually much clearer to hear someone else through the stethoscope than it is to hear oneself. I'm not altogether certain why that is but we all agreed it was the case. Rhythm abnormalities of course would be a walk in the park though even there it's not always easy to tell a PAC from a PVC. But pinning down a subtle

diastolic blow would be a challenge. Nevertheless, it's always a lot of fun trying to perfect one's skills.

When you listen to yourself, perhaps the stethoscope tube experiences interference against your body

I had a female doctor years ago who told me she had a murmur of her aortic valve that she listened to on a regular basis. She also told me she had her blood pressure checked once a month. It took her about forty minutes to give me a physical. I think I may have been attracted to her.

A female doctor friend of mine also regularly checked her mitral murmur and sometimes also did an echocardiodoppler.